Rutherford County second in country in job growth

2:14 PM,
Mar. 28, 2013

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The Daily News Journal

MURFREESBORO Joining the ranks of the nation's top counties for employment growth is nothing new to Rutherford County, and a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the county at the number two spot.

The third quarter 2012 county employment and wages report indicates that employment increased in 276 of the 328 largest U.S. counties, of which Rutherford is included. The report measures employment growth from September 2011 to September 2012.

While national employment, measured by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, is up 1.6 percent, Rutherford ...